Modern-day pillagers who roam Peninsula streets swiping recyclable materials from residents’ curbside bins under the cover of darkness — and possibly adding to their garbage bills — are the target of a crackdown.

Just days after police shot their second mentally ill man in as many weeks, a small contingent of San Francisco officers will fly to Memphis, Tenn. to study that city’s method of training law enforcement to handle people with mental health issues.

Before the Board of Supervisors chamber became filled with real emotion — expressed in many of the new supervisors’ tearful comments — part of the room was treated to self-aggrandizement, in the form of brash comments made to the press by Chinatown power broker Rose Pak.

An invasion of loud, unwieldy private buses on small streets has angered residents in the Marina district, and a recent decision by city officials has the community nervous that the problem could get worse.

The battle between wireless companies trying to expand coverage and neighbors trying to prevent towers and antennas in their backyards might amplify as companies and customers clamor for larger networks.

Gabrielle Giffords, who was seriously injured in Saturday's shooting rampage, had begun her third term this week after squeaking out a victory over Tea Party candidate Jesse Kelly in Arizona's 8th Congressional District.

After a strong Academic Athletic Association (AAA) season opener win against International Studies Academy on Wednesday, the Lowell girls’ basketball team (2-0) was able to stay undefeated in it’s early season with a 52-35 victory over the Galileo Lions on Friday.

After coming off an impressive run at the Modesto Christian Holiday Hoop Classic last week, University High School was looking to cap their nonleague slate with a statement victory over loaded Oakland High School. The Red Devils’ hopes for an upset were squashed, however, as they had their worst shooting night of the season, dropping a 65-54 contest to the visiting Wildcats in front a standing-room-only crowd Thursday.

President Barack Obama drew cheers from Wall Street when he chose William Daley, a veteran Chicago pol who most recently has been closely identified with the financial industry, as his new White House chief of staff.

President Obama drew cheers from Wall Street when he chose William Daley, a veteran Chicago pol who most recently has been closely identified with the financial industry, as his new White House chief of staff.

Federal investigators are pushing back against criticism they aren't doing enough to keep companies involved in the Gulf oil spill away from any hands-on role in the forensic analysis of a key piece of equipment that failed to keep crude from entering the sea.

"He possesses a deep understanding of how jobs are created and how to grow our economy." That's what Barack Obama said as he announced the appointment of his new chief of staff, William Daley, before a crowd of admiring White House staffers.

A celebrity Portuguese television journalist was found castrated and bludgeoned to death in a New York City hotel, and his companion, a male model who had recently been a contestant on a Portuguese reality TV show, was in police custody Saturday.